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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Liverpool or Paphos?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’s own page.

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Liverpool 22, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Paphos 45: Liverpool leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Paphos 62: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Paphos 38: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Liverpool and Paphos are level on 64.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Paphos 40: Liverpool leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Paphos 25: Liverpool leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Paphos 22: Liverpool leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Paphos.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Liverpool
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Paphos has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolPaphos
Official languageEnglishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation70 m72 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolPaphos
City population513,44135,961
People per km²4,5921,987
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.